Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-24
SOCIETY IN WYOMING.
. Fancy Dress Bali Brought to a
Sudden but not Untimely End.


Iandsr Letter TO tie S. F. E~qmt'aer.
There are two entirely separate grades
:, society in this place, divided by nard
md fast line which is never known TO
no broken, except on one occasion, and
.S.tis nj fancy dress ball. The top
'aoiotv here is composed OF the follow
mo parts, given in sort OF descending
scale:
Cot+lemen. store and hotel keepers, the
uoo'on builder, the blacksmith and the
.sitor of the COrkscrew with parasitic
oai following in the counter-jump of
40 stores. one printer of the COrkscrew
end a few privileged grangers, whose
"iigibiIitv has been regulated by the eX-
tent of their income. Such In the hlgh
Gomrt of Lander, which feels itself con-
siderably disgraced on ordinary occasion
bT being found in company with the COM
MON herd of saloon Keepers, cowboys,
hsIf.hreeds and gamblers. The common
bard takes satisfaction for this in turning
w on itself and looking down on large
nontinqeut. which may be olassed under
tha one head of Nv Risky Bums," and
these nave only the poor consolation of
lacking down on themselves as between
indIvidual and individual.
Wr Patterns assortment was very full
wardrobe of theatrical troupe which
had come to grief in these parts. The
snaciOus hall of the skating rink, brill
iantlv lighted with eight coal oil lamps
badly trimmed; the strains OF delightful
n,usic proceeding from an accordion, I'D
de and cornet, whose players, even at
This early stage of the proceedings, were
showing signs Of extreme WEAKNESS.
Then the brilliant array of fashion and
"A N a nd
tsEtalizingly masked and dressed in
avery ina ENABLE costume which could
no ring in to serve for the occasion, from
tne simple but tasteful red flannel suit of
Anderc lOthes to the specially made Co.'S
YIme representing female jockey, and
resplendent in large horse snOes, which
adorned the fair wife OF our most prOmi-
neut cattleman. In this great carnival
the trespassing Of one sex on the dress OF
the other was quite admissible, and Jim
BlrwoOd, the renowned faro dealer, at
tired in all the simple elegance of a
s.Mother Hubbard" costume, which re-
fused to meet at the back by several
inches, and was raised up to an almost
indecent height in front by having SO
much of the length taken up to
accommodate itself to the rise and fall
of that part of his body which OBJ
structed his view Of his feet, was greatly
admired.
Al 70 O'Clock we all proceeded, having
FIRST secured a lady apiece, to walk her
out of the hail across the street and about
three blocks down 1t. to supper, through
snow about foot and a nalf thick. Sup
per over, back again to keep 1T up till
daylight, only that now the order was
given to unmask for the rest of the even
ing. prominent visiting lawyer pro-
ceeGed to dance the can-can during the
progress of one of the quadrIlles, and
most of the quiet people were
thinking it about time to repair to their
homes, when the whole business was
brought to a termination with a little
sensation.
About a year before this very COM
mon thing happened-a gambler muir
dered his partner. The law Immediately
seized him and as soon let him 90 again
on the production of $1,000 bonds to wait
for his trial, get away, or please himself
entirely what he did. AS his trial w as
not likely to come off for year or two he
decided to remain on the scene, and
chose this night to bring himself once
more before the notice Of the public-in-
terest In him having rather died out. 1t
was about three In the morning when the
aforesaid murderer. with six shooter in
each hand and string OF Oaths, stepped
into the middle Of the hall and said he
had come to clear the floor as he wanted
the show to himself for little while.
Perhaps there were $50 people left when
he appeared, and the door was narrow,
but when the noise of the first shot, with
the crash or broken glass from several
lamp chimneys, fell upon the crowd, it
seemed but about the work Of couple of
seconds before he was master of the situa-
ton. This mutually concluded the even
ings entertainment, and the ladies hav-
Ing been fired into their different
domiclles, and the men sitting down to
various games of poker, Lander society
once more settled down to its normal con-
dtiOn.